
Critic Reviews
42
Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
2(20%)
mixed
5(50%)
negative
3(30%)
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Dec 24, 2013
75
Slocombe may not carve up his kin for Cold Turkey, but he serves a wry repast.
Nov 25, 2013
70
Cold Turkey is a simmering piece of holiday dystopia with a good, scorching boil-over.
Nov 21, 2013
50
Plenty of families harbor resentments, but the goings-on here become ridiculous. Which is too bad, because Cold Turkey has the seeds of a good movie.
Nov 13, 2013
40
Cold Turkey is well-acted, and at times even well-observed, but about 20 minutes of the material actually matters, and the rest is mere putter.
Nov 19, 2013
40
As a whole, Cold Turkey is too busy and offers no fresh insight on the inner hysteria of seemingly upright WASPs. The actors work hard, but their roles are mostly one-note. It's Witt who generates the laughs and the pathos.
Nov 21, 2013
40
Writer-director Will Slocombe presents a familiar buffet, but there’s good stuff to pick over.
Nov 21, 2013
40
Cold Turkey has some fine actors who put effort into their roles, but it’s getting harder and harder to care about or laugh at adult characters who have botched up their affluent lives and are still obsessed with events from childhood.
Nov 19, 2013
38
While featuring much screaming, accusations, collision of agendas, and the exhuming of dirty secrets, the film remains emotionally tone deaf.
Nov 25, 2013
25
Tiresome cavalcade of bickering — which feels like it lasts even longer than your typical Thanksgiving dinner.
Nov 19, 2013
20
Writer-director Will Slocombe preaches the values of laying resentments on the table, but with no true wisdom or novelty to offer, he’s merely served an instantly forgettable slice of cinema de dysfunction.